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A growing California wildfire that has already scorched 35,000 acres and burned three people is bearing down on a small mountain community, the Los Angeles Times reports. Driven toward Acton, Calif., by wind and triple-digit heat, the blaze is "treacherous," said one fire chief. Firefighters plan “to go defensive, to let the fire come to us, because it has been going so fast," he added.

Calling the blaze "totally out of control," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger chided people who ignored evacuation orders and stayed to defend their homes. "There were people that did not listen, and there were three people that got burned and got critically injured because they did not listen," he said. More than 2,000 firefighters are battling the wildfire, which has spread along a 10-mile stretch of mountains above five towns, Reuters reports.

When you live in a high-hazard area you just accept the fact that you'll be threatened at some point in time. I've lived in high hazard areas almost all of my long life. Los Angeles, Florida's 'Hurricane Alley' and now I live on the world's most active volcano...Mauna Loa! I can't feel sorry for the people who lose their homes to fire any more than I'd feel sorry for myself if I lost mine to a lava flow! I'm all growed up and i accpt 'what is'.

BlueAyez

Aug 31, 2009 3:16 AM CDT

According to the news there's fires up and down the whole state. Even staying inside I find it hard to breathe today.